Overharvesting and habitat conversion is imperilling species

University of Queensland-led research published in Nature has found that nearly three-quarters of the world’s threatened species are in peril because people are converting their habitat into agricultural lands and overharvesting species.

11 August 2016
European honeybee (left) and Australian native stingless bee

Native bees are falling victim to bad press, with the media glorifying European honey bees at the expense of hard-working Australian pollinators.

22 June 2016
Gabrielle Taylor from St Aidan's Anglican Girls College.

A giant two kilogram sunflower grown by Glasshouse Christian College has topped the 2016 University of Queensland Sunflower Competition.

18 May 2016

Australian cattle farming could become safer and cheaper thanks to the work of an animal genetics team at The University of Queensland.

18 April 2016
Dr Tamara Keeley with Adira and Akasha

A non-invasive pregnancy test for tigers developed at The University of Queensland has played a key role in the latest tiger cub births at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

10 February 2016
Southern hairy-nosed wombat.

Australia’s critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombats might not know it yet, but researchers from The University of Queensland are working on a wee solution to their population problems.

6 January 2016
Dr Tamara Keeley and a Lumholtz tree kangaroo

University of Queensland researchers and Dreamworld staff are celebrating the birth of one of Australia’s rarest species of tree kangaroo.

17 August 2015

University of Queensland scientists are leading a ground-breaking international animal welfare project.

21 July 2015
Community Garden representative Noeleen Warman

The hard work and creativity of a keen group of University of Queensland students have seen an idea bloom into the successful creation of the UQ Gatton Community Garden.

25 May 2015

Three thousand students from more than 80 schools are hoping to prove they have what it takes to grow the heaviest sunflower for 2015.

24 February 2015
UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj, left, with ICAR Additional Secretary Arvind Kaushal.

The University of Queensland (UQ) has strengthened its relationship with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in India on Friday 5 September.

5 September 2014

Beef producers could soon benefit from a protein-rich and sustainable livestock feed supplement in the form of microalgae.

19 August 2014
The research aims to extract a high-value “healthy” sugar from sorghum

A joint project between Queensland and Chinese researchers to derive sugars from sorghum could result in extraordinary social, economic and environmental benefits for future generations.

3 June 2014

University of Queensland Gatton student Emily Warwick is making plans for her career in agriculture thanks to a $5000 bursary from the Queensland Agriculture Teachers’ Association Award for Excellence in Agricultural Science.

22 May 2014
The Global Food Forum is an opportunity for senior secondary students to engage with one of the major challenges of the modern era – feeding nine billion people by the year 2050.

Young Queenslanders will debate the future of the world’s food alongside leading agriculture scientists from The University of Queensland and CSIRO, at an upcoming global forum in Brisbane. The Global Food Forum will be held at St Laurence’s...

11 February 2014
Former Innisfail student Emily Pattison won a 2013 scholarship to study Agricultural Science at The University of Queensland while completing Year 12 last year.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is boosting opportunities for students to enrol in its agricultural science and agribusiness studies as demand for skilled workers rises.

16 September 2013
Muhammed Soheil Mazhar ... most avocado bruising happens at the grocery store

Researchers may soon understand more about why avocados are often bruised when they come home from the grocery store.

17 July 2013
Professor Kaye Basford from The University of Queensland

The way we grow rice could help combat worldwide food shortages, says Australia’s new board member on the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI

23 April 2013
Gabrielle Penna showing cattle as part of her show team with Cathedral College Rockhampton

First-year agricultural science student Gabrielle Penna’s time at The University of Queensland is off to a good start after being awarded two scholarships valued at $26,000 over the duration of her program.

19 February 2013
Workshop participants visit a farm to learn about the challenges faced by growers in producing vegetables for market

In a first for Fiji and the South Pacific, a new vegetable research project has been launched to identify strategies to strengthen food production and manufacture in the region.

11 February 2013